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Hornsey 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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TABLE I.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1931.

Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
Number of cessions held19911783399
„ ante natal sessions held512623100
Number of individual Mothers seen by Doctor
Ante-natal, New cases1869276354
,, Old cases438223115776
Post natal. New cases84305119
„ Old cases377145
7453521971,294
Total attendances of Mothers1,1254471981,770
Number of babies attending Centres for first time: Under 1 year300203168671
1—5 years634161165
Number of individual babies on Centre registers8734905101,873
Attendances of babies at medical consultations3,5322,1691,2916,992
Babies seen by Doctor2,4571,5511,0645,072
Total attendances of babies at Centres : Under 1 year4,9642,8381,8469,648
1 5 years3,1321,6771,0055,814
Referred to own private doctors24241058
Referred to hospitals1094310162
Health talks given by nurses_311546
Grand Totals
Visits paid by nurses: —FirstTotal visitFirstTotalFirstTotalFirst VisitsTotals visits
To expectant mothers94185551075395202387
To infants under one year5212,6852901,5063081,1401,1195,331
To children aged 1-5 years733,599421,835701,4351856,869
Total visits paid by Nurses6886,4693873,4484312,6701,50612,587
CHILDREN ACT, 1908— Visits paid to Foster Children1881986117038237

RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1931.

Confinements attended145
Ante-natal Clinics attended77
do. visits446
Post-natal visits1,963